The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the world is bright and joyful again… spring has come. What a time to check the health of your trees, huh? You might have had other plans, such as enjoying the sun as much as you can, and you can still set those plans in motion, but you’ll have to add this one to the list too. Spring is the perfect time to check the health of your trees, and this is how you can do that, because you can see its structure clearly. So, do enjoy the sun, but don’t forget the trees.
A spring health check for your trees is absolutely necessary if you want them to remain in great health and if you don’t want to find yourself having to get rid of it in the future, due to not taking proper care of it. Apart from that, by performing the inspection, you’ll protect your home or any properties in its vicinity, as well as safeguard the value that a healthy tree will add to your property. The question is not whether this inspection needs to be done, because it definitely does. The question is how to do it.
Start With The Branches
If you’re performing the inspection alone, you’ll have to know where to look and what to look for. Begin with the branches. Some will be clearly dangling and broken, and identifying the dangers that they pose will be easy. Others, however, will be more subtle, so you should look for those branches that are growing fungus or missing bark, as those can be signs of decaying wood and serious structural issues.
And Remember The Leaves
When the spring comes, the tree should leaf out, and you should remember to check those leaves as well. Slow growth, or uneven coloring, could be signs of problems. More precisely, those could indicate some nutrient deficiencies, some of which can be solved with fertilizers, and some of which may need to be corrected by professionals. While checking the leaves, remember to look for insect damage as well.
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Continue To The Trunk
Checking the trunk is the next step. Cracks, cavities, sunken and missing bark and oozing wounds can all be signs of damage. Structural weaknesses can also be caused by fungal growth and mushrooms. Those are also signs to look out for when checking the trunk, and some of those could indicate that you need to involve professionals to improve the health of the tree.
And Check The Roots
The roots also have to be inspected, although that won’t really be easy. Large anchoring roots and fungal growth along the trunk base or near the tree on the soil can also indicate decay. These signs are usually ignored by most people, simple because they don’t know that they are indicators of problems. Hollows and cavities near the base or in those large roots can also be signs of problems, and so can cracked and raised soil one the side of the tree.
Hire Professionals To Do It For You
Let’s be honest here. Doing the inspection alone is not only tiresome and time consuming, but often doesn’t have much success. In other words, you may put in your best efforts into this and still be unsure of whether you’ve done the inspection correctly and whether your conclusions are correct. This is why using a different strategy, i.e. involving professionals, is always the safest spring health check process.
When you leave this work to the Legacy Tree Company or similar professionals, you’ll get the most perfect health check with the most accurate conclusions. You’ll also know what the next course of action should be, i.e. what the tree is lacking to be healthier. And, naturally, you’ll also get a clear and honest opinion if your tree is posing a great hazard and if it should be removed.
So, to sum up, the inspection is best performed by professionals, since doing it alone can lead to inaccurate results and wrong conclusions. Those wrong conclusions could be dangerous, especially if the tree is near your house or another property. Involving professionals, and the right ones for that matter, is the way to go.